"This book is the culmination of Professor Graham Nuthall's forty years of research on learning and teaching. It is written with classroom teachers and teachers of teachers in mind. But realising time was short and that his life's work was laid out in learned papers for fellow researchers, he wrote this brief but powerful book for a much wider audience as well: for all those who seek a better understanding of classroom learning"--Back cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index.
Contents:
What do we know about effective teaching? -- Myths and misunderstandings about assessment -- Understanding how students learn and remember what they learn -- Life in classrooms : the contexts within which learning takes place -- How students learn from the variety of their experiences -- Ethnic difference and learning -- Teaching for learning : a summary Ian Wilkinson and Richard Anderson.
Summary:
The focus is on how students experience classroom learning activities and how they learn from that experience.
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